Letters to the Editor
I go to a lot of yoga, and have for about 20 years. It is a
big part of my life. You may not know it, because I am not an amazingly
flexible or fit individual, but I use yoga regularly to keep my
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Murmurs
The race to replace disgraced former Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen heated up last week when Deborah Kafoury unveiled an all-star list of endorsers, including Gov. John Kitzhaber. Her main oppon
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Letters to the Editor
Thank you for this article [“Flunk Factories,” WW, Nov. 13, 2013]. I agree with School Board member Tom Koehler that Portland Public Schools’ evaluation of management is slack.
If you are brea
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Letters to the Editor
After Sam Adams, Charlie Hales is a godsend [“Goofus & Gallant Go to City Hall,” WW, Nov. 6, 2013]. I don’t care if he never does anything but balance the city’s budget.
Adams became a m
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Murmurs
The lesson from the Oregon Department of Justice investigation of former Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen:
If Cogen had resigned when the story of his affair broke in July, there
probably woul
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Letters to the Editor
I am not persuaded this is a clear-cut matter that requires a criminal process [“A Visit From the TriMet Squad,” WW, Oct. 30, 2013]. TriMet police are going a bit too far, and this response is dis
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Murmurs
The long-awaited findings of an Oregon Department of Justice criminal investigation into former Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen’s affair with former county staffer Sonia Manhas are nearly compl
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The mayor defends his first year in office.

Q & A
Mayor Charlie Hales drove himself to WW’s
offices this week in a city-owned Prius. He admitted he was still a bit
woozy from jet lag: He’d just returned from a weeklong trip to China.
But Ha
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Letters to the Editor
I went to school with Vahid Brown at Reed College. This piece is spot-on and I’m glad it was written [“Whack-a-Mole,” WW,
Oct. 23, 2013]. Working with the FBI is not a “red flag,” it’s a
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Murmurs
Nohad Toulan—a leading figure in Portland’s urban planning and Islamic worlds—died Oct. 28 with his wife, Dirce Angelina Moroni Toulan,
in a traffic accident in Uruguay. Toulan, 81, was the re
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